Topic: Production (Posters)
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As the Allied victory in World War II gradually became more certain, the Soviet Union’s Joseph Stalin was moved to salute “American production, without which this war would have been lost.” US factories produced over 300,000 planes, 88,000 tanks, and 1,400 war ships over the course of the war—a miraculous feat that gave the Allies a decisive advantage. Wartime posters targeting munitions workers, as these examples indicate, typically tried to motivate the laborers who crafted that miracle by personalizing the war and by making it clear that the role of the factory worker was just as important as the role of the soldier.
Back ‘Em Up With More Metal
Title: Back ‘Em Up With More Metal
Year: 1942
Artist: Harold Von Schmidt
Published: US Army
Kinda Give it Your Personal Attention, Will You?
Title: Kinda Give it Your Personal Attention, Will You?
Year: 1942
Artist: Herbert Roese
Published: War Production Board
Fish is a Fighting Food
Title: Fish is a Fighting Food
Year: 1943
Artist: Henry Koerner
Published: Office of War Information
A Strange Sort of Prayer
Title: A Strange Sort of Prayer
Year: 1945
Artist: John Falter
Published: US Navy
Keep That Lumber Coming!
Title: Keep That Lumber Coming!
Year: 1943
Artist: Earle B. Winslow
Published: US Army
Stop this Monster
Title: Stop this Monster
Year: unknown
Artist: Bert Yates
Published: unknown
Pour it On!
Title: Pour it On!
Year: 1942
Artist: Garrett Price
Published: War Production Board
This is YOUR War!
Title: This is YOUR War!
Year: unknown
Artist: Wesley Balz
Published: unknown
Shall We Let Him Get Away With It?
Title: Shall We Let Him Get Away With It?
Year: 1943
Artist: unknown
Published: Oldsmobile
